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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Feb;32(2):146–150. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31827030a6

Table 1.

Proportions of positive newborn screens for metabolic disorders in HIV screen-positive and HIV screen-negative neonates in New York State (2005–2008).

POSITIVE NBS FOR: HIV NBS + (N=2371) HIV NBS − (N=1,003,954) P value
Any metabolic disorder 53 (2.2%) 11,949 (1.2%) 2.5 × 10−5
Mitochondrial metabolic disorder* 42 (1.8%) 8118 (0.8%) 5.0 × 10−6
Urea cycle disorder 3 (0.1%) 1310 (0.1%) 0.99
Organic Acidemia 14 (0.6%) 1220 (0.1%) 2.2 × 10−6
Fatty acid oxidation disorder 20 (1.0%) 4130 (0.4%) 0.001
 MCADD/MADD 5 (0.2%) 923 (0.09%) 0.07
 CPT1/2 8 (0.3%) 471 (0.05%) 2.3 × 105
 Carnitine deficiency 9 (0.4%) 1869 (0.2%) 0.05
Amino acid disorder 11 (0.5%) 3831 (0.4%) 0.5
 PKU 8 (0.3%) 1027 (0.1%) 0.004
 MSUD 1(0.04%) 916 (0.09%) 0.65
 Tyrosinemia 1(0.04%) 497 (0.04%) 0.76
 Homocystinuria 1(0.04%) 900(0.03%) 0.67
*

Includes Urea cycle disorders, Organic acidemias, Fatty acid oxidation disorders.

Two newborns were positive for both MCADD/MADD and CPT1/2. NBS, Newborn screen; MCADD, Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency; MADD, Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (Glutaric aciduria, type 2); CPT, Carntine palmitoyltransferase; PKU, Phenylketonuria; MSUD, maple syrup urine disease.